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A Micro Credit success story

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Since 1997, the Tunisian Bank of Solidarity (BTS) has helped young graduates to create their own enterprises. In its ten years of existence, the Bank has helped more than 460,000 microenterprises and startups.

Veolia Foundation assists Moroccan children with disabilities to attend school with their peers

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The Veolia Foundation, a French environmental organisation, has provided financial assistance to Pinocchio, a Moroccan NGO established to assist the integration of children with physical and other disabilities into mainstream education. Pinocchio has a particular interest in children with...

Lilial and Disability Dreams and Freedom cooperate to send aid to Morocco

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The French NGO Handicap Reves et Liberte (Disability, Dreams and Freedom) has been assisting people with disabilities in Morocco since 2005 by sending equipment for the use of people with disabilities, setting up workshops to repair the equipment and by training health workers and people with...

Enda inter-arabe: micro-credit in Tunisia

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Enda inter-arabe is an international NGO operating in Tunisia. A member of ENDA Third-World based in Senegal, the organisation has been providing microcreditin Tunisia for 15 years. One of enda inter-arabe's borrowers is Nezha Toujani, who learned how to sew in a textile factory in Tunisia. ...

Micro Credit or Dignity Funds

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Mohsen is a young man in Tunisia who has used micro-credit from ENDA, a micro-finance institution, to build up a successful small business. He started by opening a small shop carrying school supplies and snacks near the primary school which was on the same street as his house. He didn't make...

Lex Mundi Legal Services allows social entrepreneurs to use their top-class legal expertise pro bono

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The Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation calls upon Lex Mundi's unique global network of 160 top tier business law firms to provide legal assistance to 'social entrepreneurs' on a pro bono basis. By providing social entrepreneurs with access to critically needed legal assistance, the Foundation joins the...

Western Union partnered with Mercy Corps to increase financial literacy

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Western Union, the leading money transfer service around the globe, has just recently partnered with Mercy Corps to increase financial literacy for families and individuals in some of the world's poorest countries. "Our World, Our Family" is the five-year, $50 million program that Western Union and...

ConocoPhillips signs Gold Sponsorship deal for ROTA's Wheels 'n' Heels

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Qatar-based NGO Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) announced that ConocoPhillips Ltd Qatar is the exclusive Gold Sponsor of its third Wheels 'n' Heels community fun day. As part of its commitment to the local community, ROTA has held the Wheels 'n' Heels event for the last two years. The annual fun-filled...

Coca-Cola joins the fight against HIV/AIDS

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Coca-Cola has instigated a range of awareness raising initiatives for HIV/AIDS. Working with a range of NGO partners its programs have reached at risk people in 11 countries.

Companies in Oregon, West Bank Strike Fair Trade Deal

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How did a furniture manufacturing business headquartered in Portland connect with an olive oil producer in the West Bank? Through a shared commitment to Fair Trade — to creating healthy, sustainable employment opportunities in areas of economic hardship.